@Costa said:
The reply I usually receive … from both the Executive Committee and Strata Manager, is that the emails and conversations between them are private emails and conversations between individuals.
This is, of course, nonsense. But a politely worded letter to them saying that, as their correspondence is all “private” you don’t expect to see any items on the annual accounts for payments for correspondence, stationery or telephone calls. And if there are any such items on previous accounts, query them and say you want to exercise your rights to view the correspondence.
If the strata manager is a member of Strata Community Australia, you might contact them for advice about how to deal with this breach of duties in the long term.
If the strata manager isn’t a member of SCA, you need to ask why the hell not.